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October 31 Welcome to AdulthoodOk, german class this whole morning, actually compared to physically tiring job like waitress,
it's relaxing to have language class and work your MIND.
Had chinese soup for lunch alone at dorm, same stuff, some veges like asparagus, spinach,
and some same type meatballs, no rice. Recently almost every meal is in a rush.
I don't have time to hand write diary like what I did before but my mind is always thinking...
maybe too much.
So now let's have a pic about how busy I CHOOSE to be, first of all, one thing I choose to
give up due to many other choices is the tourism exam, i am not preparing for it, or am I
interested in a tour guide job, so why bother. Time is limited, though I wish I had 48 hours
a day.
Monday: Morning classes, work at Paul 1:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday: Language exchange.
Wednesday and Thurdays: school.
Friday: Morning class, work at Paul 8 hours later.
Saturday: German classes in the morning, RUSH back home and three hours' tutor. And i have to make
up for the afternoon german class I miss. well, Not a big problem. Language is always a fun to me.
Sunday: Morning tutor, 2 hours. A QUICK lunch at home and rush to Paul to work till night, rush
to school.
Pocket money: around 1300rmb per month owned by myself
What about winter holidays, a free month....all work or tutor? ...hmmm tough >.<
Meanwhile I have to handle some school report work and teamwork but I thik It would be ok like how I
got them done in the past school years. My friend asked me if I ever heard of the japanese wor: Karoshi.
Death of overwork. ... I know I am pushing myself too harsh, it's only 1.5 year left till I find a real fulltime
job and get a stable better salary but I really feel bad taking money from my parents honestly especially if
I gonna spend the money on some parties or fun, or clothes, makeup instead of study, of course, sometimes,
not all the time. Hell, fun in a city like shanghai is expensive. The only thing I worry about is that such a
tight schedule will make me look old because of the fatigue and pressure...if that tends to happen, I will
give up the waitress job...coz nobody likes ugly old girls, too big a price!
Speaking of the waitress job at Paul, yesterday was my first work day, 8 hours, standing and walking!!!!
I prefer taking orders, giving breads to customers indoor than cleaning tables outdoor, that way I can
communicate to people more, both the staff and customers. The manager praised me in front of other
workers that I memorized more than half of the french names of their products on the first day I worked.
Some customers also liked my english and some german, hah. BUT I was so inexperienced and slow in
doing the work, like using the machine to cut the bread, what size plates to put what kinds of bread...
and i could not hold three or four dishes in one tray!! But I am lucky coz I met nice very nice co-workers
who taught me patiently, of course they joked about my mistakes but in a funny way ,:P.
It is low paying partime job, kinda a shitty job if fulltime...but it allows me to see way more people of
different levels outside campus in a real society. I smile and say hello Bonjour to nice customers but
not to cold arragant ones....coz even if I said they would not care, service people to them are like
transparent tools, or because they are too busy people, maybe sometimes I am indifferent like that too
when i am the customer but now I 've learnt not to, a short talk or simple smile can do more than you
think sometimes, but better in a mutual way. I find that blond thin tall white customers mostly cold,
so give them break, take money and then leave, but most western customers are friendly especially
middle aged, huh, and some older fat white or indian middle east male customers r "too nice" . Asian
customers are intermediate, not too nice not too cold.
I am hard working, modest, try to learn fast, some co-workers like me, some just don't hate me...
but still feel a little bit that I don't have much in common to talk while they chat about this and that.
Or generally I am a person not into group chat.... They are friendly, hard working.. I mean, they
know their place and lifestyle, hard for me to imagine but this is their full time job about which they
are not so eager or competitive for any promotion or finding a higher job, of course not bookwarm
college students. A girl I work with who took english lessons after her work that she just works for
what she's worth, would welcome promotion but fine without it. Different salaries for different folks.
Just like what the managers said , there is a line in life, you either stand here or there, no linger in
between. I really admire, no offence, their self content about their job and circle. When I see
business or career people, man in suits, woman in smart modle-like dressing,in XTD, one of the most
expensive dining place in shanghai....and here comes my pressure about the future... But I try not
to turn that into worry, i have many things to be busy with, to get myself tired but worry is not one
of them ,it does me no good. I am learning to be independent, of course starting from little jobs like
this...but should I be proud of it. ..and sure, with this busy schedule...I miss the romance and warmth
of having a loving bf...oops, silly...that wont happen when u look for it.
Starting my 20s, I do have made mistakes, silly fun as at first I had a kinda childish version of adulthood.
You do have more freedom but freedom is not free, you may lie to your parents sometimes about your
little secret agenda but you are also responsible for your white lies. I need stop complaining like a demanding child
why I don't have a super rich parents who can afford me going to uni abroad. I need to be thankful
for what they already give me.
Yes, junior year in this city campus is totally different.
And, so
Enjoy Halloween party Tonight!!
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